Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On July 27, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Murray, Adam Russell of CORDOVA, TN in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Roos, Timothy David, age 21, of CINCINNATI, OH ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 8TH MAR, (1-1 AD, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on July 27, 2006 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Sanchez, Enrique Carlos, age 21, of GARNER, NC ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 8TH MAR, (1-1 AD, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on July 27, 2006 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

From LUTHERVILLE, MD, PO2 Koth, Edward Austin served with the NAVY, EOD MOBILE UNIT 8, SIGONELLA, ITALY, and died on July 26, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 30.

Andrew Velez, 22, from Lubbock, Texas, served in the U.S. Army's 699 Ordnance Company. He died in action in Sharona, Afghanistan on July 25, 2006.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on July 25, 2006, the ARMY lost SPC Graves, Joseph Anthony of DISCOVERY BAY, CA, 21, serving with 110TH MILITARY POLICE, 49TH MILITARY POLICE BN, (43D MP BDE), FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant David Michael Hierholzer, 27, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, was killed in Pesch, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2006.

BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 121ST FIELD ARTILLERY, (CFLCC) SUSSEX, WI, ARMY ? CPL Castner, Stephen William (CEDARBURG, WI), age 27, ? died in TALLIL, IRAQ on July 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From HESPERIA, MI, SPC Samson, Dennis Kenneth Jr served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY (I MEF), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on July 24, 2006 in TAQQADUM, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

Captain Jason Michael West, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment. He was killed in hostile action in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on July 24, 2006.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 4TH BATTALION, 3D INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, CPL Fargo, Adam Joseph of RUCKERSVILLE, VA, 22, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on July 22, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 35, CPT Russell, Blake H of FORT WORTH, TX was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY, 2 BCT (4ID), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on July 22, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Swanson, Christopher William, age 25, of ROSE HAVEN, MD ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, ? died on July 22, 2006 in RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army First Sergeant Christopher Conrad Rafferty, 37, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was killed in Sharana, Afghanistan, on July 21, 2006.

Reserve, MARINE CORPS, II MEF COMMAND ELEMENT, (2D ANGLICO), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, CAPT Pate, Christopher Todd of HAMESTEAD, NC, 29, died in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ on July 21, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Wallace, Matthew Phillip, 22, a native of LEXINGTON PARK, MD, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 21, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Plowman, Derek James, age 20, of EVERTON, AR ? National Guard, ARMY, C BATTERY, 1ST BATTALION, 142D FIELD ARTILLERY, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR, ? died on July 20, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

H&S CO, 3D BN, 8TH MAR (1-1 AD, I MEF FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Ramon, Julian Alberto (FLUSHING, NY), age 22, ? died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on July 20, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.